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"Sun Goes Down" is a single by YouTuber and musical artist beetlebat. It features fellow YouTube and pop artist Ben Riggle. It was released on March 27, 2021.

Background
Lil Squeaky reached out to Beetlebat, telling him he should make an EDM song. This statement got the attention of many people in the Flex Discord Server, becoming a short lived copy pasta. Squeaky sent him a tropical house instrumental to use and Beetle worked on it for about a month. He asked his friend Ben Riggle to hop on the track as he was a big fan of electronic house music. Beetle announced the track on March 26, 2021. It was released a day later. A remix was later made by Canadian producer 5ach!† and was released on May 28th. Beetle and Riggle met up in Indianapolis on June 30 to film a music video for the single. The music video was filmed at an Indianapolis Marriott Downtown hotel. It was finally released on July 9.

Chart performance
"Sun Goes Down" debuted at No. 4 on the Flex Entertainment Hot 100, becoming Beetle's highest charting Hot 100 single. It became Beetle's fifth Top 10 single and Ben's first. It fell to No. 9 the following week. It returned to No. 4 in June after 5ach!†'s remix of the track was released. In it's 23rd week, the song leaped from No. 25 to No. 1 after a huge week on YouTube. It became Beetle and Ben's first number one. It has spent fourteen weeks in the Top 10 and fifty-two on the chart in total. It is his longest charting and most successful song on the Flex Entertainment Hot 100. It ranked as the sixth biggest song of 2021 and fifteenth biggest song of all time on the Flex Entertainment Hot 100. It is also the tenth song to spend an entire year on the chart.

Critical Reception
The single was critical acclaimed by critics, calling it his best work to date. Even Brad Taste in Music, who was critical of his previous EP, called it a major stepup and “charming.” It has a score of 87 on Album of the Year from 6 reviewers. It is considered to be one of best songs from Flex Entertainment in 2021.

The remix produced by 5ach!† was received negative reviews, called “unnecessary.”

Music Video
The music video for “Sun Goes Down” was released on July 9, 2021. It originally wasn’t planned to happen but it ended up being considered after they decided to meet up in Indianapolis. It was filmed at an Indianapolis Marriott Downtown hotel. It features Beetle and Riggle performing the song at various places like their room, garden, and lake. It is a vlog style visual where the two artists hold the camera themselves. It was praised by the Flex community, cementing itself as Flex’s song of the summer.

Track Listing
Digital Download - Original Digital Download - 5ach!† Remix
 * 1) Sun Goes Down (featuring Ben Riggle) - 4:08
 * 1) Sun Goes Down (5ach!† Remix) (featuring Ben Riggle) - 5:55

Lyrics
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